Head to head · 2026 pitching
Max Scherzer vs JP Sears
In 2026 Max Scherzer has been worth 0.1 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.
- Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.
2026 season
| Statistic | Max Scherzer | JP Sears |
|---|---|---|
| G | 18 | 8 |
| GS | 18 | 6 |
| IP | 84.2 | 32.2 |
| W | 4 | 3 |
| SO | 68 | 25 |
| ERA | 5.74 | 4.68 |
| FIP | 5.11 | 5.15 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.35 |
| K/9 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| BB/9 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
| FIP− | 122 | 123 |
| WAR | 0.1 | -0.0 |
Postseason
Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.
| Statistic | Max Scherzer | JP Sears |
|---|---|---|
| G | 33 | — |
| GS | 28 | — |
| IP | 157.1 | — |
| W | 8 | — |
| SV | 1 | — |
| SO | 182 | — |
| BB | 62 | — |
| ERA | 3.78 | — |
| WHIP | 1.16 | — |
| K/9 | 10.4 | — |
| BB/9 | 3.5 | — |
Career
Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.
| Statistic | Max Scherzer | JP Sears |
|---|---|---|
| G | 501 | 116 |
| GS | 492 | 108 |
| IP | 3,047.2 | 591.1 |
| W | 225 | 34 |
| L | 126 | 45 |
| SV | 0 | 0 |
| SO | 3,557 | 491 |
| BB | 814 | 172 |
| ERA | 3.29 | 4.54 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.27 |
| K/9 | 10.5 | 7.5 |
| BB/9 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| HR/9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| WAR | 66.4 | 1.7 |
More head to heads
The same seasons, measured against somebody else.
FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.